Curriculum
Our Social Studies curriculum is meant to be embedded in our Reading curriculum throughout the year. This year we will be using our new Studies Weekly Social Studies curriculum, along with the Journeys curriculum, and i-Ready curriculum to teach the Florida State Standards.
All late work will result in a 10 point loss for each day it is late.
All late work will result in a 10 point loss for each day it is late.
Standards
To best support your child at home, I have provided a list of standards we will cover throughout the year. Click on the standards to access resources that we are using in class.
- SS.3.G.4.1 Explain how the environment influences settlement patterns in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
- SS.3.G.4.2 Identify the cultures that have settled the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
- SS.3.G.4.3 Compare the cultural characteristics of diverse populations in one of the five regions of the United States with Canada, Mexico, or the Caribbean.
- SS.3.G.4.4 Identify contributions from various ethnic groups to the United States.
- SS.3.A.1.1 Analyze primary and secondary sources.
- SS.3.A.1.2 Utilize technology resources to gather information from primary and secondary sources.
- SS.3.A.1.3 Define terms related to the social sciences.
- SS.3.G.1.1 Use thematic maps, tables, charts, graphs, and photos to analyze geographic information.
- SS.3.G.1.2 Review basic map elements (e.g., coordinate grid, cardinal and intermediate directions, title, compass rose, scale, key/legend with symbols).
- SS.3.G.1.3 Label the continents and oceans on a world map.
- SS.3.G.1.4 Name and identify the purpose of maps (e.g., physical, political, elevation, population).
- SS.3.G.1.5 Compare maps and globes to develop an understanding of the concept of distortion.
- SS.3.G.1.6 Use maps to identify different types of scale to measure distances between two places.
- SS.3.G.2.1 Label the countries and commonwealths in North America (Canada, United States, Mexico) and in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica).
- SS.3.G.2.2 Identify the five regions of the United States.
- SS.3.G.2.3 Label the states in each of the five regions of the United States.
- SS.3.G.2.4 Describe the physical features of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
- SS.3.G.2.5 Identify natural and man-made landmarks in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
- SS.3.G.2.6 Investigate how people perceive places and regions differently by conducting interviews, mental mapping, and studying news, poems, legends, and songs about a region or area.
- SS.3.C.1.1 Explain the purpose and need for government.
- SS.3.C.1.2 Describe how government gains its power from the people.
- SS.3.C.1.3 Explain how government was established through a written Constitution
- SS.3.E.1.1 Give examples of how scarcity results in trade.
- SS.3.E.1.2 List the characteristics of money.
- SS.3.E.1.3 Recognize that buyers and sellers interact to exchange goods and services through the use of trade or money.
- SS.3.E.1.4 Distinguish between currencies used in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
- SS.3.G.3.1 Describe the climate and vegetation in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
- SS.3.G.3.2 Describe the natural resources in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
- SS.3.C.2.1 Identify group and individual actions of citizens that demonstrate civility, cooperation, volunteerism, and other civic virtues.
- SS.3.C.3.1 Identify the levels of government (local, state, federal).
- SS.3.C.3.2 Describe how government is organized at the local level.
- SS.3.C.3.3 Recognize that every state has a state constitution.
- SS.3.C.3.4 Recognize that the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.